Where does “ashtergu” come from?

ashtergu (Aromanian) comes from Latin extergo, from Latin tergo, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

ashtergu (Aromanian): I wipe

Definitions

  1. I wipe

Ancestry of “ashtergu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinextergoAlternative form of extergeō; to wipe, to clean;...
2LatintergoAlternative form of tergeō; ablative singular of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁-Every word from Latin tergoEvery word from Latin extergo